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Russell Kirk quotes: So mankind is now trapped by the failure of its energies and by the depletion of those natural resources that men have plundered wantonly.

So mankind is now trapped by the failure of its energies and by the depletion of those natural resources that men have plundered wantonly.

Russell Kirk quotes: We cannot make a heaven on earth, though we may make a hell.

We cannot make a heaven on earth, though we may make a hell.

Russell Kirk quotes: If you want to have order in the commonwealth, you first have to have order in the individual soul.

If you want to have order in the commonwealth, you first have to have order in the individual soul.

Russell Kirk quotes: Politics moves upward into ethics, and ethics ascends to theology.

Politics moves upward into ethics, and ethics ascends to theology.

Russell Kirk quotes: To the modern politician and planner, men are the flies of a summer, oblivious of their past, reckless of their future.

To the modern politician and planner, men are the flies of a summer, oblivious of their past, reckless of their future.

Russell Kirk quotes: Privilege, in any society, is the reward of duties performed.

Privilege, in any society, is the reward of duties performed.

Russell Kirk quotes: In America, the Federal Constitution has endured as the most sagacious conservative document in political history

In America, the Federal Constitution has endured as the most sagacious conservative document in political history

Russell Kirk quotes: Ordinary human laws are the means however imperfect by which we express our understanding of the enduring moral law.

Ordinary human laws are the means
however imperfect
by which we express our understanding of the enduring moral law.

Russell Kirk quotes: A society which denies the heart its role becomes, in very short order, a heartless society.

A society which denies the heart its role becomes, in very short order, a heartless society.

Russell Kirk quotes: Locke contended that government originates out of the necessity for protecting property.

Locke contended that government originates out of the necessity for protecting property.

Russell Kirk quotes: Despite much talk in this land about religious freedom, churches and their schools now confront grave difficulties.

Despite much talk in this land about religious freedom, churches and their schools now confront grave difficulties.

Russell Kirk quotes: There are no lost causes because there are no gained causes.

There are no lost causes because there are no gained causes.

Russell Kirk quotes: A just government maintains a healthy tension between the claims of authority and the claims of liberty.

A just government maintains a healthy tension between the claims of authority and the claims of liberty.

Russell Kirk quotes: The Secular City, having legislated and litigated itself out of any entanglement with the City of God, would be a hell upon earth .

The Secular City, having legislated and litigated itself out of any entanglement with the City of God, would be a hell upon earth .

Russell Kirk quotes: If the state - and within the state, the judiciary particularly - harasses and undermines the Church , in any society the state undoes itself.

If the state - and within the state, the judiciary particularly - harasses and undermines the Church , in any society the state undoes itself.

Russell Kirk quotes: Not by force of arms are civilizations held together, but by subtle threads of moral and intellectual principle.

Not by force of arms are civilizations held together, but by subtle threads of moral and intellectual principle.

Russell Kirk quotes: Life is for action, and if we desire to know anything, we must make up our minds to be ignorant about much.

Life is for action, and if we desire to know anything, we must make up our minds to be ignorant about much.

Russell Kirk quotes: Sudden and slashing reforms are as perilous as sudden and slashing surgery.

Sudden and slashing reforms are as perilous as sudden and slashing surgery.

Russell Kirk quotes: Nothing is more conservative than conservation

Nothing is more conservative than conservation

Russell Kirk quotes: Men cannot improve a society by setting fire to it: they must seek out its old virtues, and bring them back into the light.

Men cannot improve a society by setting fire to it: they must seek out its old virtues, and bring them back into the light.

Russell Kirk quotes: Common Reader for Everyday Ecologists

Common Reader for Everyday Ecologists

Russell Kirk quotes: Only the unscrupulous or shortsighted can defend pollution and degradation of the countryside.

Only the unscrupulous or shortsighted can defend pollution and degradation of the countryside.

Russell Kirk quotes: The ACLU has been able to harass out of existence public expressions of faith.

The ACLU has been able to harass out of existence public expressions of faith.

Russell Kirk quotes: If there were no God the Father, there could be no brotherhood of man.

If there were no God the Father, there could be no brotherhood of man.

Russell Kirk quotes: Burke, could he see our century, never would concede that a consumption-society is the end for which Providence has prepared man.

Burke, could he see our century, never would concede that a consumption-society is the end for which Providence has prepared man.

Russell Kirk quotes: Every right is married to a duty, every freedom owes a corresponding responsibility.

Every right is married to a duty, every freedom owes a corresponding responsibility.

Russell Kirk quotes: The natural law is an instrument for progress, not a weapon of revolution.

The natural law is an instrument for progress, not a weapon of revolution.

Russell Kirk quotes: Schooling deprived of religious insights is wretched education.

Schooling deprived of religious insights is wretched education.